The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1887-06-15
A Boston Letter.



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rAN-HA1ERs.
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haiS' '.>' i'.'''
OF lhr var Wien thoNe VINO haAi nv
mu-f pleasant aud desirable hoHsc~ III
,.,,=,4 arr. nrapariug Ia "a 10 thu seaside.
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~ 49, si' ia
tn Il lew ettt=Ilhe rooms III he1'H 9s,'h
all at lie la>hIohaoie ch,I'He> az,
s''2.' iel lie S''>',u. anu :, II. -,
Set Boston and its suburbs ar at laeir
III ~, - ,'' ''''i ,,t ''' NV ,f ,,rir-
ami h,.,nfy But fashion must be- fell
lowed
There has been little change in the bus
ines, situation for some time. There l.
however, good feeling in business cir
Gle, even if trade has not been quite A.
active n wa- anticipated earlier IN the
..,sau Thu General outlook Is not 50
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''u' 81
feature, such Is not the cast MIN '"'e'
priscs Of other kinds. The present VOL
dor i the West End Land Company. \
a..,,,..;... ,,,r,,,ayad some
n"'''''' u -,
months ago, lot OF estates out III p'isn-
ton and Longwood, and have organized Il
l.nd comnunv. The stock cost those
id. ,bo a..l ohaut 81 npr
WV W.
share. l"o-lhlras u the sun :" ~"
by each member, l. pun Iuto ~ ,r, VI
pool 50 t'iat iiiey eal'iot se,i II, nt
i've influence the price advanced to SO Il
share. From that figure 1t has fallen oil
to about 81 o: 9.'3' am. 'i'fIe - loa9"', !"
s"9teN' t'i' ;s :, i',lds !, i,st NOW tho
IN authorizing the West End Street
Railway Company to purchase and con
solldatc All Oh '"e no,se ,"h""a = = NJ 90,
'i'I up "a, ,on,.,, in sncrulatiuo in
Wrst End marpins. but more have lost
The lambs are confident that the price oil
share, would rise To SbO. ana nave Spccu-
lated on that assumption. lnless the
! property Is improved, there Is no creation
of values by this sort OF speculation, ana
the money which \ makes, comes ont
OF the products of b and {. Because y
who represents some Jay Gould or Van
dcrbilt, and who can control the majority
of the stock, and put up and put down IT'S
price at will, gets all the money which
the rest of the alphabet invests, he l.
denounced as Il mohopollst IN tn%
o .n"n,l "uS .hcarrJ and heating with
the cold. as they will out of the West
End, or any stock gambling operation
The taX-dodgers have received a stag
gering blow from Governor Alhes' 10
escape their share OF taxation, 1t i Illte
the custom Tor class OF rlch people u
make towns where taxes VIII be ll@ht
while they remain the greater part OF inc
year in Boston enjoying the advantages
Of tho bigh toxatiou The attcmpt tc
= p...,.,,,. ua.,,.' 80.
crcale thc Wv" VI b'''i''
inspired by purpose To get rid Oh taNa
ton II uad no argument III ltS pehail
so its friends raised S2o,ooo To ihcorPo
rate it. There is no evidence That lc@ls
lator was purchased out forty OF my
men who have influence WIN members
are paid consideraple sums 10 iaoor VIII
their friends. By thls means the pil
was passed but Governor Alhes vetoed IL
For II time II was thc apparent topic II
the public mlnd. ne prompt Nelo ha'
defeated the loppy ana tie 'aN-dooSef'
who are largely lhusWulhps'
If anyone sbould iudpe of Boston b,
a., ,i..,,..a - -. oi,,. oonnou ho ,,,,l,
thc iiiaJo'i'y 81 10 ivy N'"'iO'' ~ WIN
tcllgence of the city is very low We
hova m. ilins FRAT ion pf it4 NiripUs tppIpD